Liam Neeson to run for Mayor of New York against de Blasio?

Close friend says he is mulling over a political career.

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Liam Neeson is considering a switch to politics according to one of his closest friends in Northern Ireland, former Ballymena Mayor PJ McAvoy. Neeson is a native of the town.

McAvoy told the Belfast Telegraph, "It wouldn't surprise me if he went into politics because I feel it could be in his nature to want to help people. He's that sort of person. And obviously within the context of that there's a very broad scope to be able to do something of that nature.”